JeanettePNP

JeanettePNP MSN, RN, NP

Pediatric Pulmonology and Allergy

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  1. To thump or not to thump....

    JeanettePNP replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU, SICU

    :confused:I am lost... How is it in the patient's control whether they go into cardiac arrest or not? Take pity and explain to a lowly pre-nursing

  2. Criminal Record

    JeanettePNP replied to girtster1979's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    This post has started me thinking. How forgiving do you think society should be if someone has a felony in their past? Do you think that once they paid their dues, served their sentence, they should...

  3. Problems with eczema

    JeanettePNP replied to LadyBug2007's topic in General Nursing

    My son has eczema and the doctor prescribed polysorb. It works really, really well - his skin goes from cracked and bleeding to smooth within a day of applying the

  4. Is there a doctor or nurse on board this flight?

    JeanettePNP replied to Gompers's topic in General Nursing

    This seems like an incredibly poor system - to rely on chance and the goodwill of random strangers. Shouldn't all flight attendants be trained in basic first aid and

  5. Family: The Monitor Monsters

    JeanettePNP replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in MICU, SICU

    Maybe the nurses here can help me alleviate some guilt over leaving my dh post-op without seeing him settled into a room. This happened 10 years ago. He had an appendectomy and came out of surgery...

  6. To thump or not to thump....

    JeanettePNP replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU, SICU

    Can you

  7. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    Right, and the only way the nurse can "know" is if the patient lets her know. Nurses are expected to be knowledgable about medications/treatments and their side effects. They're not expected to know...

  8. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    My understanding of informed consent is that it applies to treatment issues, possible side effects, risks vs. benefits, etc. If a patient has a personal/religious/philosophical issue with a...

  9. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    Actually, a lot of meds have been checked out for Kosher purposes. There are a few rules at play here: One, Jewish law is not as strict when there's danger to life. Two, if the amount of non-kosher...

  10. Some musings about reading posts here...

    JeanettePNP replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    If I find myself rewriting a post more than once or twice I know it's time to delete! To keep reworking and polishing a paragraph just for online consumption is a waste of time. My online writing is...

  11. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    Well, I don't know exactly what your friend had in mind, but in Judaism, there are three "major" commandments which you may not violate to save your life: Idol-worship, murder and adultery. All...

  12. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    OK, then should there be a policy that "all patients should be informed of the origin of all drugs"? Or only the most common ones? Or only if the patient is known to belong to a religion that has a...

  13. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    I still believe that it's the patient's job to disclose their religious views and to ask what's in the drug before they take it, if it's important to them. I don't see how it's an ethical violation...

  14. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    This is assuming that you know the origin of the med and assuming that you know this med might present a religious problem for the patient. But IMO this is a lot of assuming for a nurse to do. If a...

  15. I'm going to probably open a can of worms here, but I want your opinion

    JeanettePNP replied to dspring's topic in Emergency

    I don't think being injected with porcine products is a problem, only injesting them orally. And, if the person was critical or could become critical without the heparin, and the pork heparin was the...

  16. Would you consider a home birth?

    JeanettePNP replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for your support, Faith. I'm bowing out becuase when things get nasty and personal it's time for me to

  17. Would you consider a home birth?

    JeanettePNP replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I do think your comments directed towards me are way out of line. No, I do not blame mothers for births gone wrong. However, I know from my own experience and that of my friends that when a woman is...

  18. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    JeanettePNP replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I cannot believe how common it is for people to stick things up their orifices that don't belong

  19. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    JeanettePNP replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Did you get social services

  20. when your family member is acting obnoxious

    JeanettePNP posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would you do if your family member is a patient and is acting obnoxious towards the hospital staff? Such as, expecting the nurses to be at his beck and call, demanding things that are not within...

  21. ? About Sacral Dimple

    JeanettePNP replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Pediatric

    Thanks for the update! Glad to hear that things look

  22. Dissapearing Aids... the norm?

    JeanettePNP replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    I must say that from reading the title, I clicked on the thread to find out if the AIDS epidemic is indeed

  23. ER vs. doctor's office

    JeanettePNP posted a topic in Emergency

    As a rule of thumb, when should a patient go to the ER as opposed to waiting to see a doctor? As much as the ER is abused by people coming in for things that could have been treated at home or by the...

  24. Oddest things found in a patient!

    JeanettePNP replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I know someone who was shot point blank in the chin and survived... still has a bullet lodged in there

  25. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    JeanettePNP replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I have a clear memory of when I was about 7, choking on a piece of hair. I was banging on the door of my mother's room but she thought I was just annoying her while she was trying to get dressed or...